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enExtended Barnard Reachout (EBRO) Visits Harlem Grownhttp://www.barnard.edu/news/extended-barnard-reachout-ebro-visits-harlem-grown
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-38" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">activism</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-29" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">community</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-79" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">diversity</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">sustainability</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics/public-service" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">public service</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-41" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">society</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>On Friday, March 27th, student participants in Extended Barnard Reach Out (EBRO) - a civic engagement training and service program that is part of the New York City Civic Engagement Program - trekked to Harlem Grown for a volunteer outing. Harlem Grown, founded by Tony Hillery, is an urban farm in the center of Harlem. Harlem Grown teaches students about healthy eating and environmentalism and also provides thousands of pounds of organic, sustainable food for free to local community residents. EBRO participants got their hands dirty, weeding the garden and preparing the garden bed's soil for the upcoming spring planting! </p>
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</div></div></div>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:38:56 +0000rross45371 at http://www.barnard.eduUSA Today features Prof. Mark Carnes’s ‘Reacting to the Past’ programhttp://www.barnard.edu/news/usa-today-features-prof-mark-carness-reacting-past-program
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-30" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Barnard College</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-101" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-44" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">history</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-43" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">student</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Prof. Daniela Kempf’s First Year Seminar class was the focus of a recent <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/28/history-reacting-past-game/24651641/">USA Today multimedia feature</a>, highlighting Prof. Mark Carnes’ groundbreaking “Reacting to the Past” (RTTP) curriculum. RTTP is an innovative pedagogy in which students, through elaborate role-playing games, immerse themselves in scenarios informed by real historical events and classic texts. Through RTTP classes, students exercise a variety of skills – speaking, writing, critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork – to prevail in difficult and complicated situations.<br /><br />
In this particular class session, Prof. Kempf’s students reenacted the trial of the Greek philosopher Socrates. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/28/history-reacting-past-game/24651641/">Watch a video below:</a></p>
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Beyond providing students an unusual alternative to traditional college courses, and enriching their public speaking, teamwork, and critical thinking skills, RTTP courses have been linked with increased student engagement. The article reads, “Reacting students report better – in some cases perfect – class attendance, fewer students dropping or failing classes and engagement that’s often stratospheric. ‘What everyone says about Reacting classes is they don’t know what’s going to happen that day. They don’t know who’s going to win a particular debate, what sort of thing is going to occur, and there is an element, in these worlds, of drama, which is true of any good competition.’”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/28/history-reacting-past-game/24651641/">Read the full USA Today story.</a></p>
<p>Last year, Prof. Carnes released his latest book, <em>Minds on Fire: How Role-Immersion Games Transform College</em>, in which he demonstrates how role-immersion games channel students’ competitive impulses into productive learning experiences. <a href="http://barnard.edu/news/new-book-prof-mark-carnes-examines-role-immersion-games-higher-education">Learn more about <em>Minds on Fire.</em></a></p>
<p><a href="http://barnard.edu/profiles/mark-c-carnes">Prof. Carnes</a> joined Barnard’s faculty in 1982. His academic specialty is modern American history. His courses include The United States: 1940-1975 and several versions of the <a href="https://reacting.barnard.edu/reacting-home">Reacting to the Past</a> program, which he initiated in 1995. Prof. Carnes served as general co-editor of the 24-volume <em>American National Biography.</em> He is also Executive Secretary of the Society of American Historians.<br /><br />
In addition to this First Year Seminar class, <a href="https://barnard.edu/profiles/daniela-kempf">Prof. Kempf</a> teaches Public Speaking and Rhetorical Choices in the English department. She also runs faculty workshops and manages the Speaking Program at Barnard College. She has taught speech, debate, leadership, and professional communication courses and workshops in the U.S. and across Europe and Asia.</p>
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</div></div></div>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:52:44 +0000sbrowne45346 at http://www.barnard.eduNew Campus Mural by Brazilian Street Artisthttp://www.barnard.edu/news/new-campus-mural-brazilian-street-artist
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-2" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-10" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">global</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-104" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Caribbean, Central and South America</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>On the eve of the <a href="http://barnard.edu/news/women-changing-world-day-dialogue-0">Global Symposium</a>, Brazilian artist Panmela Castro unveiled a mural she painted on Barnard’s campus in collaboration with students. Castro, who is well known for her street art in the urban areas and favelas in Rio de Janeiro, often uses her craft to educate communities about social issues such as violence against women and has received support from numerous philanthropies, including Diane von Furstenberg and the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation. Watch this time lapse video of her work. </p>
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</div></div></div>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:57:55 +0000rdouglas45141 at http://www.barnard.eduRemembering Catharine Nepomnyashchy, beloved professor of Russian literature and culturehttp://www.barnard.edu/news/remembering-catharine-nepomnyashchy-beloved-professor-russian-literature-and-culture
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<div>The Barnard community is deeply saddened by the recent death of Catharine Nepomnyashchy, a cherished member of our faculty in the Slavic Department and a truly extraordinary teacher and scholar. </div>
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<div>What follows is a message from Provost Linda Bell, recalling Prof. Nepomnyashchy's distinguished career and inspiring presence on this campus and beyond. <br />
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<p>Dear Members of the Barnard Community,</p>
<p>It is with tremendous sadness and a very heavy heart that I write to inform you of the death of Catharine Nepomnyashchy, a much beloved member of our faculty for twenty-eight years. Cathy died Saturday morning in her home after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She is survived by her beautiful and loving daughter, Olga Nepomnyashchy, her brother, James Theimer, and her mother, Jo-Anne Theimer. Her husband, Slava Nepomnyashchy, who she met as a teenager in the summer of 1970 on her first trip to the Soviet Union, passed away in 2011.</p>
<p>Cathy, the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian Literature and Culture and Chair of the Slavic Department, joined Barnard's faculty in 1987. In addition to her teaching duties for the Slavic Department, for which she was renowned for an inclusive and engaging classroom, she was affiliated with Barnard's Comparative Literature Program and Human Rights Program. She also served on the Executive Committee of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University.</p>
<p>Cathy’s research and teaching interests were as fascinating as she was—twentieth- and twenty-first-century Russian literature and popular culture, Russian women's studies, and the works of Alexander Pushkin, Andrei Sinyavsky, and Vladimir Nabokov. She approached these subjects with true passion and devotion, and her love of Russia and its history were boundless. </p>
<p>She was the author of many books including A<em>bram Tertz and the Poetics of Crime; Strolls with Pushkin</em>, which she translated with Slava Yastremski and for which she wrote the introduction; <em>Under the Sky of My Africa: Alexander Pushkin and Blackness</em>, which she edited with Nicole Svobodny and Ludmilla Trigos; and <em>Mapping the Feminine: Russian Women and Cultural Difference</em>, which she edited with Irina Reyfman and Hilde Hoogenboom. Cathy also published extensively on Soviet and post-Soviet literature and popular culture, Pushkin, Russian ballet, Russian émigré literature and culture, and the future of regional studies. At the time of her death, Cathy was working on a book entitled <em>Nabokov and His Enemies: Terms of Engagement</em>.</p>
<p>Cathy served as Director of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, from 2001 to 2009 (the first woman to hold that position) and was honored as the Institute’s 2012 Alumna of the Year. As Director, Cathy was credited with broadening faculty engagement in the Harriman Institute by expanding its scope of activities to arts, literature, and culture, and in deepening its connections to Central Asia and the Caucases. In addition, she served as President of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Language (AATSEEL), as well as on the Advisory Council of the Kennan Institute and on the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. She chaired the Executive Committee of the Slavic Division of the Modern Language Association and served on the editorial boards of <em>Slavic Review, Novyi zhurnal,</em> and <em>La Revue Russe</em>. In 2011, she received the AATSEEL’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Profession.</p>
<p>Above all, Professor Catharine Nepomnyashchy was a true Barnard treasure. She was an inspiration to countless students and an example to her colleagues. She knew how to find joy and excitement in any situation, and loved being part of, and central to, the action. People were drawn to her for good reason—for her energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to leading the fullest possible life, unencumbered by convention. Her smile could fill any room, and she continued to smile even as her name was, repeatedly and with all good intent, being constantly misspelled.</p>
<p>We are deeply saddened by this loss and know that Cathy will be dearly missed. It was Pushkin who said, “The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths,” and for now we will let ourselves imagine that Cathy is still very much here at Barnard—her smile and enthusiasm pushing us, as always, forward.</p>
<p>Please note that funeral details, as well as information on a Memorial Service at Barnard, will be forthcoming.</p>
<p>My very best,<br />
Linda Bell, Provost and Dean of the Faculty</p>
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</div></div></div>Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:05:06 +0000ldownsbu45001 at http://www.barnard.eduBarnard Launches Refreshed, Responsive Websitehttp://www.barnard.edu/news/barnard-launches-refreshed-responsive-website
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><img alt="" class="media-image" height="282" style="float:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;" width="300" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.barnard.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/refreshed_bc_homepage.jpg?itok=i9rgCQYC" />Barnard today launched a refreshed website that features a responsive design that will allow visitors to explore more easily using both mobile devices and desktop computers. The refreshed layout and navigation will adapt depending on the device or screen size, with a new look and feel that incorporates more visual images, multimedia content, and social media elements.</p>
<p>“Barnard’s updated website reflects the evolving ways that people interact with digital devices, and presents new opportunities for the College to aggregate and share news and information with our community and visitors to the site,” said Joanne Kwong, Barnard’s vice president for communications. “With all that’s happening on campus every day—from student performances to faculty research initiatives to public events—the refreshed site will provide more online space and a wider variety of platforms to share stories and information that show what Barnard is all about.”</p>
<p>Today, with mobile internet usage outpacing desktop internet traffic, sixty percent of people with mobile phones use their device as their primary or exclusive internet source, and over 50 percent of all mobile traffic is streaming video. Similar trends are apparent for Barnard’s site, where the number of visitors accessing the site from a mobile device has jumped 26 percent since 2011, and the College’s use of multimedia content and social media to share news and stories has also increased significantly.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="media-image" height="273" style="float:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;" title="Barnard's old website." width="300" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.barnard.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/old_bc_homepage.jpg?itok=2y-v0q-t" /></p>
<p>The site refresh process is part of an ongoing effort to keep Barnard’s online presence up-to-date with new industry trends in web development. Since the College’s site was last redesigned in 2011, research and planning has been underway for regular refreshes every three to five years. Led by Barnard’s Communications department, this refresh project began in earnest in spring of 2014. While most elements of the website’s structure and content management system will remain the same, the redesigned homepage features a new interactive mosaic layout that highlights some of Barnard's most distinctive qualities and programs, and the College’s social media channels are much more visible, including a real-time Instagram scroll. The site also features new landing pages for News and Events content, as well as refreshed Admissions and Development sites.</p>
<p>The site will continue to be refined and improved for the rest of the semester, and the entire Barnard community is invited to provide feedback on the design and functionality using the “website feedback” link at the bottom of each page.</p>
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</div></div></div>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:14:23 +0000avine44676 at http://www.barnard.eduTrudi Patrick '17: Competitive Swimmerhttp://www.barnard.edu/news/trudi-patrick-17-competitive-swimmer
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics/athletics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Athletics</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics/swimming" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Swimming</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-30" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Barnard College</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">A swimmer whose specialty stroke is the butterfly, Trudi Patrick is a member of the Columbia Lions Women’s Swimming/Diving team. A citizen of both the U.S. and Jamaica, she is also a member of the Jamaican National Swim Team and attended the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland last summer.</span></p>
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<p>Check out more student profile videos in our <a href="http://barnard.edu/feature-stories/student-speak" target="_blank">Student Speak archives</a>.</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:04:17 +0000admin44371 at http://www.barnard.eduWomen Changing the World: A Day of Dialoguehttp://www.barnard.edu/news/women-changing-world-day-dialogue-0
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<p>On March 13, President Debora Spar and the Barnard community welcomed Queen Noor of Jordan; Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee; CARE USA CEO Helene Gayle ’76; President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation and Founder of 10,000 Women Dina Powell; New York City Commissioner for International Affairs Penny Abeywardena; and more than a dozen other women leaders from around the world for <a href="http://barnard.edu/global/womenchangingtheworld2015">Barnard's 7th Annual Global Symposium, Women Changing the World</a>. <a href="#Panel 1">Watch the panel discussions</a>.</p>
<p>In a series of discussions addressing some of the most pressing questions facing women, the guests represented a range of fields including business, media, the arts, finance, government, and academia. The Global Symposium—which since 2009 has gathered women leaders in cities around the world including Beijing, Dubai, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai—was held in New York City for the first time this year in celebration of the College’s 125th Anniversary.</p>
<p>Chair of Barnard's Board of Trustees Jolyne Caruso-Fitzgerald ’81 and President Spar gave opening remarks, welcoming guests to campus and reflecting on this history and legacy of the Global Symposia series. Abeywardena also made remarks, noting the significance of this year's event for New York City. </p>
<p><strong>Watch an interview with Commissioner Abeywardena:</strong></p>
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<p>The first session, “<a href="http://new.livestream.com/accounts/11222260/BarnardGlobal">Generating Change Through Global Initiatives</a>,” featured Gayle, Queen Noor, and Powell, and explored programs that impact women around the world. “Women could play a significant role in diminishing much of the instability that exists at the community level and ultimately the national level, especially if their voices were in policy-making at the top levels,” said Queen Noor. “We would see…less military emphasis and more on development, more on human rights, more on inclusive participatory decision making.” Panelists also talked about the importance of educating women. “When women bring economic value, it earns immediate standing and respect,” said Powell. <a href="#Panel 1">Watch the full panel.</a></p>
<p><strong>Following the discussion, Queen Noor also provided insight into some of the most pressing obstacles facing women today:</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Also following the panel, Helene Gayle '76 talked about why the Global Symposium is significant to her:</strong></p>
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<p>At the second session, “<a href="http://new.livestream.com/accounts/11222260/BarnardGlobal">Chronicling Change in the Economy and Media</a>,” participants talked about a range of topics, including the interplay between money and power, and how women in newsrooms help shape media coverage. Speakers included Maria Cristina Frias, columnist and board member of <em>Folha de Sao Paulo</em>; Robin Morgan, cofounder of the Women’s Media Center; Mamphela Ramphele, activist, researcher, and former managing director of the World Bank; and Gillian Tett, U.S. managing editor of <em>Financial Times</em>. The panel was moderated by Barnard Provost Linda Bell. In talking about feminism, activist Morgan said, “You owe us nothing. Go out into the world and save it.” However, she added, “You owe yourselves and each other everything.” In talking about media, Tett said, "The reality is that women are still very underrepresented at the senior echelons of journalism." The panelists each urged students to develop confidence and persistence. “Tenacity is the word of the day,” said Bell. <a href="#Panel 2">Watch the full panel</a>. </p>
<p><strong>Watch as activist Mamphela Ramphele offers advice for today's young women:</strong></p>
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<p>In the third session of the day, “<a href="http://new.livestream.com/accounts/11222260/BarnardGlobal">Leading Change Through Social Activism and Social Entrepreneurship</a>,” the audience heard from Kiran Bedi, founder of the Navjyoti India Foundation, India’s first and highest-ranking police officer; Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee; Ndidi Nwuneli, founder of LEAP Africa and cofounder of AACE Foods; and Wu Qing, professor and activist. Moderator Kathryn Kolbert, Constance Hess Williams ’66 Director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies, led off by asking the panelists about their “secret sauce” for success, and how they find the courage to do difficult work. “For me, courage has been like a muscle, building a muscle through exercise, taking the first plunge,” said Nwuneli. <a href="#Panel 3">Watch the full panel</a>. </p>
<p><strong>Panelist Wu Qing, who has attended three of Barnard's symposia, talks about this year's event and her advice to young women.</strong></p>
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<p>The final panel, “<a href="http://new.livestream.com/accounts/11222260/BarnardGlobal">Creating Change Through the Arts</a>,” featured graffiti artist Panmela Castro, who, earlier this week, created a special mural for the College in The Diana Center; visual artist Xing Danwen; Jessica Greer Morris, playwright and executive director of Girl Be Heard; and novelist and political commentator Ahdaf Soueif. Professor Yvette Christianse, the session's moderator, noted, “The place of art in the world where women have to take care of all the practicalities, the political issues, of the financial issues, the educational issues—there has to be somewhere for the psyche, for the heart, for the thinking mind to imagine.” Said Morris, "We think art can change the world." <a href="#Panel 4">Watch the full panel</a>. </p>
<p><a href="#media">Check out local, national, and international coverage of this year's Symposium.</a></p>
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<p><strong>View photos from the day:</strong></p>
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<p><a id="media" name="media"></a>This year's symposium garnered a range of local, national, and international media coverage. Some examples include:</p>
<p><a href="http://videostorage.prnewswire.com/storage2/photos/BARNARD-COLLEGE-SYMPOSIUM.jpg" target="_blank">A Times Square billboard showing a photo from the first panel of the day</a><br /><a href="http://www.trust.org/item/20150319174003-c631w" target="_blank">A Q&amp;A with President Spar on Reuters' Trust.org</a><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2015/03/10/what-will-it-take-to-make-gender-equality-the-norm-not-the-exception/" target="_blank">Forbes.com article about women's leadership, highlighting this year's Symposium</a><br /><a href="http://www.metro.us/lifestyle/teaching-leadership-skills-globally/zsJocq---21q48qzhxlSQ/" target="_blank">Metro New York coverage of the 2015 Young Women's Leadership Workshop</a><br /><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2795b056-cdbf-11e4-8760-00144feab7de.html#axzz3UwVRkwjp" target="_blank">A reflection by panelist and <em>Financial Times</em> editor Gillian Tett</a><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/violence-against-women-persists-411692099879" target="_blank">An interview with NYC Commissioner for International Affairs Penny Abeywardena on MSNBC</a><br /><a href="http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/03/14/one-more-question-for-kiran-bedi-should-the-legal-system-in-india-be-examined#ixzz3UaDgIGGP" target="_blank">An interview with panelist Kiran Bedi, India's first female police officer, on CCTV</a><br /><a href="http://royalista.com/92443/video-queen-noor-on-the-biggest-obstacles-facing-women-today/" target="_blank">Royalista.com coverage of Queen Noor's panel discussion</a><br /><a href="http://www.thebroadexperience.com/broadly-speaking-blog/2015/3/16/move-forward-with-tenacity.html" target="_blank">An in-depth event recap on popular women's business blog "The Broad Experience"</a></p>
<p>Additional coverage also appeared on <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/international-women-leaders-gather-barnard-221600259.html" target="_blank">Yahoo</a>, <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/international-women-leaders-gather-at-barnard-college-for-dialogue-exploring-womens-equality-and-leadership-worldwide-2015-03-13" target="_blank">Marketwatch</a>, and <a href="http://finance.boston.com/boston/news/read/29466503/international_women_leaders_gather_at_barnard_college_for_dialogue_exploring_women&amp;" target="_blank">Boston.com</a>, among others.</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:12:12 +0000communications44346 at http://www.barnard.eduPresident Spar joins City-wide initiative to empower female business ownershttp://www.barnard.edu/news/president-spar-joins-city-wide-initiative-empower-female-business-owners
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Barnard President Debora Spar has been named to the advisory board of <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/wenyc" target="_blank">WE NYC (Women Entrepreneurs NYC)</a>, a new City government initiative to expand female entrepreneurship in New York, which will focus specifically on the City’s underserved communities. In this role, President Spar will support the strategic direction of the initiative and its programs.<br /><br />
Over the next three years, WE NYC will connect 5,000 women to free training and business services to help them start and grow their own businesses. These services will be provided by the City’s <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/home/home.shtml">Department of Small Business Services</a>, as well as public-private partnerships.<br /><br />
In a press release about today's announcement, President Spar said, "In a city like New York where there are so many opportunities for innovation and collaboration, we should be doing all we can to support women's ideas and potential. WE NYC is an important, timely effort to do exactly that, and I look forward to seeing this exciting initiative in action."<br /><br />
Listen to <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/de-blasio-gives-boost-women-biz-owners/" target="_blank">WNYC’s coverage</a> of this new program:<br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="100" scrolling="no" src="//www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/wnyc/#file=%2Faudio%2Fxspf%2F436753%2F" width="400"></iframe></p>
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For more information about WE NYC, visit <a href="http://www..nyc.gov/WENYC">nyc.gov/WENYC</a>.</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:56:30 +0000sbrowne44086 at http://www.barnard.eduBarnard hosts inaugural scholarship gala in Los Angeleshttp://www.barnard.edu/news/barnard-hosts-inaugural-scholarship-gala-los-angeles-0
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On Wednesday, February 25, supporters of Barnard gathered at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica for the College’s first-ever <a href="http://barnard.edu/events/barnard-college-la-gala">Los Angeles Gala</a> to benefit the financial aid at the College. The event was hosted by Bob Saget P ’12, and was chaired by Frankie and Barry A. Sholem P ’15 along with honorary chairs Lauren Graham ’88, Lisa and Dustin Hoffman P ’12, and Barnard Trustee Dylan McDermott P ’18. The gala, attend by 200 guests, raised over $332,000 for scholarships.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="media-image media-image-right" height="149" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em 1em;" width="220" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.barnard.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_small/public/la_gala.jpg?itok=zK_vBbvG" />“Barnard’s West Coast community is a wonderful network of alumnae, parents, and friends who care deeply about the College and the success of our students,” said Barnard President Debora L. Spar. “Holding a scholarship gala in Los Angeles is an opportunity to celebrate their enthusiasm and their commitment to Barnard’s financial aid program.”</p>
<p>Highlights of the evening included an exhibit of art works by Barnard alumnae and students, which was co-curated by Lara Saget ’12 and Jordan Sholem ’15, remarks by President Spar, and a three-course dinner with wines provided by Christina Turley ’06 of Turley Wine Cellars, and the scholarship auction, with director/producer/actor Shawn Levy, husband of Serena Levy ’91, serving as auctioneer. Following the Gala, dinner guests continued the evening at Late Night at the LA Gala, an additional event held at The Bungalow, the Fairmont Miramar’s oceanfront cocktail lounge.</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:10:52 +0000sbrowne43726 at http://www.barnard.eduStudents and Young Alumnae Mentors Meet for Ice Skating and Hot Chocolatehttp://www.barnard.edu/news/students-and-young-alumnae-mentors-meet-ice-skating-and-hot-chocolate
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-179" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">alumnae</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-139" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">career</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-48" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mentor</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>On February 21st, a group of young alumnae mentors and current students braved the cold and the snow to go ice skating at Lasker Rink in Central Park. It was part of the Mentoring Program's "Social Month" in which students and mentors were encouraged to arrange small group activities where they could have fun and learn more about one another. After the ice skating, the group went back to one of the alumna's apartments to warm up with hot chocolate and talk about early career life.</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:55:57 +0000rross43716 at http://www.barnard.edu